Andy Murray was shaken into life in his second-round victory at the US Open as he survived a scare to defeat Chile’s Paul Capdeville in four sets.

The world number two was forced to raise his game after the Chilean, with whom he used to spar with at the Sanchez-Casal Academy in Barcelona, found his range in the second set.

But Murray, like a bear with a sore head, did not take kindly to losing his first set of the tournament and exploded into life in the third set, before wrapping up a 6-2, 3-6, 6-0, 6-2 victory.

The British number one looked on his way to another comfortable straight sets victory, having eased his way into a one-set lead, with two effortless breaks of serve.

But as complacency crept into Murray’s approach in the second set, Capdeville was more than willing to exploit it in the second and one break of serve was enough to level the scores at 1-1.

But rather than dwell on his disappointment, Murray roared into life in the third set and blitzed his way to a two sets to one lead – the moment seemingly getting the better of the Chilean.

And having been demoralised in the third set, Capdeville was a broken man. Try as he might he could not force a way back into the match and an early break from the Scot ensured a comfortable fourth set.

He raced into a 3-1 lead before easing his way to victory to set up a third-round clash with either Spain’s Ivan Navarro or the USA’s Taylor Dent.

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